I swear that out car can tell it’s tuna before I open the can. Whenever I start to make a tuna sandwich he’s there as the can is being taken from the cupboard. He does not react this way for salmon, shrimp, crab or any other canned product.
I had a cat that could hear a plastic yogurt container being opened from the other side of the house, while he was sleeping. And yes, he Loved yogurt. He would climb my leg to get to it.
My cat Joey can tell the difference between the rustling of deli wrap on bologna and that on ham. For the bologna, he doesn’t show up, but the second I start to make a ham sandwich he’s there doing kitty yoga to prove to me that he’s cute enough to get some ham.
Sometimes when I’ve been unable to locate all of the cats (just want to make sure they’re present and accounted for) I will rattle the can opener. That makes them show up. If that doesn’t work I will open up the catnip.
A great many years ago my mother made me two sandwiches, one peanut butter and jelly and the other tuna. Unfortunately, she slapped the pieces of bread together up and down instead of sideways. Tuna and jelly–at least apple jelly–is edible. Tuna and peanut butter is not (personal tastes may vary).
I’m just happy to see Calvin opening a can of pineapple for himself instead of junk food.
About cats and can openers, my cats have never been fed anything I had to open with a can opener (just the food with the pull off lids) yet they come running when I break out the can opener to open anything.
I have a cat and dog. The cat doesn’t do like Hobbes and ram me down. But when I open a can they both think its tuna. I do not have tuna and oil only tuna and water.
The dog also likes first thing in the morning milk, although weaker milk not vitumn D type, and not very much.
The dog is worse then the cat on begging and has good ears. Our cat we sometimes call baggy cat likes to take plastic sacks with handles and works it around his head and will walk around with the plastic sack on.
What a mess, pineapple chunks and sugar juice everywhere!
My question is this - Why is Calvin opening a can of pineapple? Kids normally do not like fruits or vegetables on their own. It should be the only thing kids normally will eat, mac ‘n cheese.
YUKONER: I know what you mean. The same thing applies to my dog. I can open a can of soup, vegetables, etc., and she pays absolutely no attention to me whatsoever. But let me START to open a can of her Science Diet wet dog food and she’s right there at my feet, whining and begging for it!!!!! HOW DOES SHE KNOW?!?!?!? She’s got excellent hearing so I guess she can tell the difference regarding the cans being opened but they all sound the same to me!!!
we have to open the can outside or in a room where the door is closed otherwise our cat will claw its way up your leg or jump and dig its claws in your back after jumping from the chair 20 feet away O_O some times i wish we declawed our cat lol
This is certainly true of Abbie. I often have to lean down and show her the contents of a can to get her to stop yowling for the tuna she is sure it contains.
I never had a cat, only dogs so I don’t know about the tuna in the can thing. I had a roomate in college that could tell whenever I opened a jar of peanutbutter. She’d come bounding through the door like a cat looking for a snack. I always kept a drawer in my desk for our late night studying with iced tea, hot cocoa(we made with illegal hot pot), Cup-A-Noodles, Ritz and saltine crackers, and Cheez Wiz. She shared her favorite snack one night for peanutbutter, green olives with pimento, and saltine crackers. We snuck down in the middle of the night to one of the guy’s rooms that I knew had olives in his refrigerator, he kept to make his secret treat of martinis. We bought a jar from him for a couple dollars and he would later keep an extra jar for us in his frig. every week in exchange I bought him Cracker Barrel Cheese. Everything was a barter system there and since we couldn’t afford our own frig. it was worth it! If you get a chance try peanutbutter, olives, and saltines it’s really pretty good!
margueritem about 15 years ago
Many cats share your view, Hobbes.
yyyguy about 15 years ago
not beer cans!!!
hi marg good to here from you.
spoilerman about 15 years ago
Maybe just set the can down and run Calvin?
pouncingtiger about 15 years ago
Hobbes’ behavior is uncanny.
kpeiyin about 15 years ago
Oh my my, Hobbes…
mroberts88 about 15 years ago
I think Hobbes wants something.
cleokaya about 15 years ago
You are a feline with a supposedly advanced snifter. As soon as the opener pierces the can you should be able to identify pineapple over fish.
Yukoner about 15 years ago
I swear that out car can tell it’s tuna before I open the can. Whenever I start to make a tuna sandwich he’s there as the can is being taken from the cupboard. He does not react this way for salmon, shrimp, crab or any other canned product.
It’s uncanny.
tbree about 15 years ago
I had a cat that could hear a plastic yogurt container being opened from the other side of the house, while he was sleeping. And yes, he Loved yogurt. He would climb my leg to get to it.
Rakkav about 15 years ago
I’ve long wondered how cats would react to yogurt cream.
Hobbes’ hearing apparently works at longer distances more quickly than his smelling (which makes sense, actually).
sjoujke about 15 years ago
Pineapple Express!
Ivy0730Lcsq about 15 years ago
LOL
lewisbower about 15 years ago
How do they know before I take out the can opener???
rentier about 15 years ago
Sorry, no tuna!
watcha about 15 years ago
I don’t think Hobbes cared if it was Tuna or Pineapple - he just needed an excuse to thrash Calvin!
rentier about 15 years ago
I think, he wants to pounce on Calvin, but he loves tuna too!
Ronshua about 15 years ago
That’s Hobbes story and he’s sticking to it .
Leonardeuler about 15 years ago
A tuna sandwhich with pineapple ??? Hm, hm, not so bad after all.
linsonl about 15 years ago
My cat can sleep thru a collision with another planent and hear a refrigerator door open on Pluto.
carpetinwater9 about 15 years ago
Pow!
pearlandpeach about 15 years ago
my cats ultra favorite is Lamb baby food . I swear that cat knows I have it when I am driving in the driveway.
MisngNOLA about 15 years ago
My cat Joey can tell the difference between the rustling of deli wrap on bologna and that on ham. For the bologna, he doesn’t show up, but the second I start to make a ham sandwich he’s there doing kitty yoga to prove to me that he’s cute enough to get some ham.
comicgirl1000 about 15 years ago
that looks like it hurt
Allison Nunn Premium Member about 15 years ago
Cats are funny like that! we have cats and have had dogs, but it is the cats who know when it’s tuna (even before the can is pierced!)!!
lazygrazer about 15 years ago
Can openers are why tigers became an endangered species.
justjam38 about 15 years ago
i had a cat that loved carmel apples [the part left on the stick ] and butter pecan ice cream, no other flavor jus B.P.
alondra about 15 years ago
Sometimes when I’ve been unable to locate all of the cats (just want to make sure they’re present and accounted for) I will rattle the can opener. That makes them show up. If that doesn’t work I will open up the catnip.
avinandan about 15 years ago
Why are you guys discussing silly cats? Does no one have a ferocious tiger as a pet? ;)
COWBOY7 about 15 years ago
Avinandan–OK here you go!
My tiger gets the can open himself. LOL
Puddleglum2 about 15 years ago
Come on, people; “put a lid on it”. :o) No, go ahead. Have your pun.
GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago
Sorry, Charlie.
Wiseguy411 about 15 years ago
Brilliant BC13
dianecliff about 15 years ago
When the tuna comes out the crowd appears. I used to have a cat that loved salsa and red wine. He only got one drop of the wine.
shakeswilly about 15 years ago
A stuffed tiger who loves canned tuna, makes sense somehow…..
bald about 15 years ago
wow, that hobbs is quick and calvin didn’t hear him coming
tbree about 15 years ago
We discuss cats because we all know they are really little tigers inside. And I have the claw marks in my arm to prove it.
anobium625 about 15 years ago
A great many years ago my mother made me two sandwiches, one peanut butter and jelly and the other tuna. Unfortunately, she slapped the pieces of bread together up and down instead of sideways. Tuna and jelly–at least apple jelly–is edible. Tuna and peanut butter is not (personal tastes may vary).
JanLC about 15 years ago
I always wondered how Calvin explains the mess Hobbes makes of him to Mom.
josh_bisbee about 15 years ago
Too bad Watterson didn’t do any more of these, but I guess it’s hard to give this joke in a different way
GeneGene about 15 years ago
I’m just happy to see Calvin opening a can of pineapple for himself instead of junk food.
About cats and can openers, my cats have never been fed anything I had to open with a can opener (just the food with the pull off lids) yet they come running when I break out the can opener to open anything.
kab2rb about 15 years ago
I have a cat and dog. The cat doesn’t do like Hobbes and ram me down. But when I open a can they both think its tuna. I do not have tuna and oil only tuna and water. The dog also likes first thing in the morning milk, although weaker milk not vitumn D type, and not very much. The dog is worse then the cat on begging and has good ears. Our cat we sometimes call baggy cat likes to take plastic sacks with handles and works it around his head and will walk around with the plastic sack on.
coffeeturtle about 15 years ago
@Macushlalondra how many cats do you have to keep track of?
Guilden_NL about 15 years ago
My parrot would have been just as happy with either one. Of course, she would demand melted cheese if it were the tuna.
musicnut1986 about 15 years ago
What a mess, pineapple chunks and sugar juice everywhere!
My question is this - Why is Calvin opening a can of pineapple? Kids normally do not like fruits or vegetables on their own. It should be the only thing kids normally will eat, mac ‘n cheese.
ratlum about 15 years ago
Tbree My cats name is Tigger Too but you described him so well ,when you spoke of your cat
Gretchen's Mom about 15 years ago
YUKONER: I know what you mean. The same thing applies to my dog. I can open a can of soup, vegetables, etc., and she pays absolutely no attention to me whatsoever. But let me START to open a can of her Science Diet wet dog food and she’s right there at my feet, whining and begging for it!!!!! HOW DOES SHE KNOW?!?!?!? She’s got excellent hearing so I guess she can tell the difference regarding the cans being opened but they all sound the same to me!!!
alan.gurka about 15 years ago
Is that canned laughter in the soundtrack I hear?
rebbyshy1 about 15 years ago
we have to open the can outside or in a room where the door is closed otherwise our cat will claw its way up your leg or jump and dig its claws in your back after jumping from the chair 20 feet away O_O some times i wish we declawed our cat lol
JP Steve Premium Member about 15 years ago
cholldekkgher – TMI!!!
bmonk about 15 years ago
avinandan said, about 8 grunchings ago
“Why are you guys discussing silly cats? Does no one have a ferocious tiger as a pet? ;)”
My (black) cat was not a tiger, but a panther in all but size. Loved hiding and stalking in the darkness.
bmonk about 15 years ago
Niven’s Rat-cats (Kzinti, near feral tigeroids) loved sardine flavored ice cream. Go figure…
bmonk about 15 years ago
cholldekkgher stenst… said, about 2 noises ago
“Whenever I go to the can, it never sounds quite the same.”
Why is that? Have you been swallowing chokecherry seeds again?
AbbieT about 15 years ago
This is certainly true of Abbie. I often have to lean down and show her the contents of a can to get her to stop yowling for the tuna she is sure it contains.
alondra about 15 years ago
Coffee-Turtle said:
@Macushlalondra how many cats do you have to keep track of?
Only 3 now. We did have 6 but when we moved to Canada last November we were only able to retrieve 3 of them later on.
Dino-1 about 15 years ago
I never had a cat, only dogs so I don’t know about the tuna in the can thing. I had a roomate in college that could tell whenever I opened a jar of peanutbutter. She’d come bounding through the door like a cat looking for a snack. I always kept a drawer in my desk for our late night studying with iced tea, hot cocoa(we made with illegal hot pot), Cup-A-Noodles, Ritz and saltine crackers, and Cheez Wiz. She shared her favorite snack one night for peanutbutter, green olives with pimento, and saltine crackers. We snuck down in the middle of the night to one of the guy’s rooms that I knew had olives in his refrigerator, he kept to make his secret treat of martinis. We bought a jar from him for a couple dollars and he would later keep an extra jar for us in his frig. every week in exchange I bought him Cracker Barrel Cheese. Everything was a barter system there and since we couldn’t afford our own frig. it was worth it! If you get a chance try peanutbutter, olives, and saltines it’s really pretty good!
Puddleglum2 about 15 years ago
Maybe the pineapple was for Susie. She might be Calvin’s “Pineapple Princess” - Annette Funicello
Trisha_Evenstar about 15 years ago
AHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHA!
glitterygal07 about 15 years ago
It happens every time. Open tuna around Hobbes and he goes for it.
Puddleglum2 about 15 years ago
Am I Charlie the Tuna? There’s something fishy about that!
GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago
You are what you eat.
Puddleglum2 about 15 years ago
So they say. And that makes Calvin pineapple…at least in part, but that’s only physical. “Is That All There Is?” - Peggy Lee
PercyJacksonfan123 about 15 years ago
Go hobbes